PEEC Natural and World History Quiz

What year did the Berlin Wall fall?

• 1991

• 1989

• 1995

• 1980

What river did Julius Caesar cross, igniting a civil war?

• Danube

• Rubicon

• Nile

• Rhine

What period came after the Jurassic in the Mesozoic Era?

• Triassic

• Cretaceous

• Permian

• Devonian

The Galápagos Islands are most famously associated with which naturalist?

• Alfred Wallace

• Charles Darwin

• Gregor Mendel

• Carl Linnaeus

Which prehistoric fish is often called a “living fossil” and was thought extinct until found in 1938?

• Ichthyosaur

• Coelacanth

• Dunkleosteus

• Megalodon

Which era is known as the “Age of Reptiles”?

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

• Neolithic

Which animal has the longest migration of any mammal?

• Caribou

• Elephant

• Gray Whale

• Zebra

Louis XIV, the Sun King, ruled which country for 72 years, making him the longest reigning monarch in history?

• France

• Austria-Hungary

• Spain

• The Netherlands

Jim Corbett, author of Man-eaters of Kumaon, do later in life after giving up hunting “man eaters”?

• Became a monk

• Turned to wildlife conservation

• Joined Indian Parliament

• Worked for railway companies

What ancient civilization built Machu Picchu?

• Maya

• Aztec

• Olmec

• Inca